Describes provisions of the Alien Land Act as well as legal precedent to establish that it is a conspiracy if two or more people conspire to violate the Act, including in cases in which a landowner has leased property to a U.S. citizen and then allowed the lessee to sublease the land to a non-citizen, provided conspiracy can be proved. This collection includes records of land leased to Japanese American tenants in years leading up to World War II. As such, they provide a view of California in years of the Alien Land Laws, attitudes toward Japanese Americans, and the impact of World War II.
Geographic communities--California Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws Industry and employment--Agriculture Alien land laws Land tenure--Law and legislation--California
Place
Los Angeles, California
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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